Sliding shoe for furniture, &amp;c.



No. 859.234. PATENTBD JULY-9, 1907.

O. C. LITTLE.

SLIDING SHOE FOR FURNITURE, 8w. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 23. 1906.

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UNITED STATE PATENT OFFICE.

GRTON C. LITTLE, OF MENASHA, WISCONSIN.

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a new and useful Improvement in Sliding Shoes for Furniture, &c,, of which the following is aspecifica- My invention relates to a sliding shoe to be used upon. legs of chairs, tables, bedsteads, pianos, the bot toms of trunks, &c., in place of the usual roller casters and it consists of a round disk having a fiat, smooth bottom and upward curved outer edge, and having centrally arranged therein a ball shaped, or globular body upon which a socket, which is securely fixed to a metallic stem for entering the furniture leg, or other articleto which the shoe is to be applied, is

adapted to oscillate, the globular body and socket forming a universal joint of a limited movement, the

socket having fingers which are adapted to be bent around the ball shaped body for holding the socket: thereon, the shoe and ball shaped body being made in different forms and of different material, as will be hereafter described; and the object of the improvement is'to provide a device for use upon the above named articles that will bear upon a larger surface than will theroller in a caster, and one that will slide instead of roll over a rug, carpet, or upon a bare floor, and without injuring the rug or carpet or defacing the floor, and that will adapt its position by reason' of a universal joint between the stem and shoe so as to easily slide over a slight obstruction, such as the edge of a thick rug or a threshold, the device being shown in the accompanying drawing, in'which,

Figure 1 is a vertical section of the shoe, and its stem for connection with the article to be moved being in elevation. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the shoe and its stem. Fig. 3 is ajvertical section showing a modification of the shoe part of the device, one adapted for heavier articles than the one in Fig. 1, and showing the manner of connecting the ball part of the shoe to it, the stern and hub of the socket being in elevation. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the socket detached from the stem. Fig. 5 is a top view, showing the lower side of the socket for being secured upon the lower end of the stem. Fig. 6 is a vertical section showing a modification relative to the ball part of the shoe. Fig. 7 is a top view of the socket. Fig. 8 is another modification relating to'the construction of the ball part of the shoe. .Fig." 9 is a top view, showing the shoe and its centrally arranged globular body therein. Fig. 10 is an elevation showing a split pin.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application fil d March 23,1906. Serial No. 307,617..

Patented July 9, 1907.

Similar numerals and letters indicate like parts in the several views.

1, 1, 1?, and 1, indicate the shoe in its several forms; 2, a recess in the bottom of the shoe; 3, a recess the upper side of the shoe; 4, an'aperture extending from one recess to the other; 5, a ball shaped body having the diametrical perforation 6; 5 and 5 modifications of said body; 7, a rivet and 8 a bolt and nut for securing the ball tothe shoe; 9, the stem of the shoe by means of' which the shoe can be detachably connected with the article to be moved; 10, a socket and the globular bodybe a round ball having a bolt or rivet hole diametrically through it, or it may be formed of cast metal or earthen-ware material, as in Fig. 3 with the body 5 the same as in Fig. 1, "secured to it with rivetor bolt and nut. Another modification is shown in Fig. 6 in which the shoe may be formed of cast metal or earthen-ware, and the globular, body' 5" made integral therewith in a mold, or the shoe and body 5 may be made integral as in Fig. 8, by stamping them from sheet metal. I

The socket 10 is to be made by stamping it from sheet metal, the fingers 12, (of which there may be from four to six), being cut of a suitable length and form for inclosing the largest diameter of the globular body. A split pin is a too well known article of commerce to require any description here, and although a solid pin may be used, the split pin is preferable, as the resiliency of its free ends allows of its easy insertion and withdrawal from the article to which it is applied, while said resiliency will retain it in position. It may be provided with a slight shoulder, 14, against which the-hub 13 of the socket can abut, the socket being pressed on to the end of the pin and said end then upset a little if required.

The shoe and its globular body being prepared and said body and the bottom of the shoe made very smooth and glassy, the stem and socket are to be connected to the shoe by bending the fingers of the socket around the globular body, the fingers extending below the diametric plane thereofwhich is parallel with the bottom of the shoe. As it is only required to pre-' vent the separation of socket and shoe while lifting the article to whichthe shoe is applied, but very little is required of the fingers.

Ha described invention, Wham-II claim and in'g eaid body within the upper recess of the shoe, :1 sterfi desire to y 'Lettemratent for connecting the shoe with the article to bemoved, a

. x socket secured upon the lower end of said stem adopted to A sLding shoe for furniture, &c, comprising a circular, be vmscmawd upon said ball Shaped body and being pro fiat-bottomed disk having upward outer d vlded with a plurality of fingers adapted to be bent around 15 a recess centrally arranged j' upper d lower the boil shaped body for holding the socket thereon,

side, the upper one for receiving a hail shaped body end 7 x v the lower one for providing a space for the testening 'ORTON 1 LITTLE meimefor said body, ,a perforation through the shoe from ,Witnesses; v

one-recess to the other, a ball shaped body haying a perfo- HARRY E BULLARD,

10 ration diametrically through the same," means for secur- SILAS BULLARD. 

